This is why you stand well away from the water when fishing in some parts of Oz

[El Presidente]

 

[BuzzArd]

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Had big-ass gators in Florida growing up.   Never had one chase a 26” bass onto the grass and gulp it down though....  

[tigger]

"Keep the pressure on!"  ?

I'da let the apex predator have the fish, and gotten a lot farther away...

[Chef]

I guess that ? was satisfied with just the fish.  

I think I would’ve peed my pants. I definitely wouldn’t be standing there filming it that close.

[El Presidente]

8 minutes ago, Chef said:

I guess that ? was satisfied with just the fish.  

I think I would’ve peed my pants. I definitely wouldn’t be standing there filming it that close.

Crocks aren't that fast on land.  They are supremely dangerous (fast) at one body length from the waters edge where they can use their tail. 

So when fishing in these parts, that is the measurement you use when fishing...you stand just out of the strike zone.  

[Dozerhead]

Seems like in Australia you're always just a few feet away from something that can kill you dead, land or water...lol.

[SenorPerfecto]

Jesus you people are crazy.

[MountainMilG]

Ok, so I can't fish or swim there.  Other than lovely people and sunshine, why am I visiting again? ?

[Ken Gargett]

39 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Crocks aren't that fast on land.  They are supremely dangerous (fast) at one body length from the waters edge where they can use their tail. 

So when fishing in these parts, that is the measurement you use when fishing...you stand just out of the strike zone.  

which is why crocs eat people. they have been measured in australia at up to 17 miles/hr. usain bolt has hit 28. so people can outrun a croc. but you need to be relatively fit and healthy. or just able to run faster than the bloke next to you. and in fairness, i'd guess that a croc behind you would make all of us run faster than ever before. 

but it is not the running croc that will cause you problems. it is the croc you never see. so the strike zone theory is a bit useless if you do not know where the croc is. 

[Carlo13]

5 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

or just able to run faster than the bloke next to you.

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[El Presidente]

1 minute ago, Ken Gargett said:

which is why crocs eat people. they have been measured in australia at up to 17 miles/hr.

That is a fallacy ken. I have heard it as well. 

crocks can hit high speeds in the first few metres but cannot sustain it.  Check out those stumpy legs on a 1 tonne beast.  they are ambush predators and lightning quick at their body length. 

http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/cbd-faq-q4.htm

[gcman68]

49 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Crocks aren't that fast on land.  They are supremely dangerous (fast) at one body length from the waters edge where they can use their tail. 

So when fishing in these parts, that is the measurement you use when fishing...you stand just out of the strike zone.  

Isn't fishing supposed to be relaxing? Worrying about being a bit out of the crocodile strike zone wouldn't help me relax but maybe its me?  

[El Presidente]

Just now, gcman68 said:

Isn't fishing supposed to be relaxing? Worrying about being a bit out of the crocodile strike zone wouldn't help me relax but maybe its me?  

...this is why it is called a "sport" 

[Corylax18]

How and Why are there still humans on this continent?!?! I just don't understand how you guys do it. 

[MountainMilG]

I legitimately am less scared of the idea of seeing game in Africa than I am doing some things in Australia.  I know, I'm a big baby.  Isn't it like 9 of the top 10 deadliest snakes in the world are there?  When Ken posted that pic on Instagram I almost burned my phone lol

[Ken Gargett]

3 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

That is a fallacy ken. I have heard it as well. 

crocks can hit high speeds in the first few metres but cannot sustain it.  Check out those stumpy legs on a 1 tonne beast.  they are ambush predators and lightning quick at their body length. 

http://crocodilian.com/cnhc/cbd-faq-q4.htm

i was actually about to post that exact page (sorry 17 kilom/hr, not miles). 

completely agree re ambush predators but you just saw the thing chase a fish up onto land. if it thinks it has a shot, it will chase you at least for a bit. but it won't see you from 30 metres and set off. seen enough wildlife docos to know that if they think they have something, they'd give ten metres plus a crack. which is about all i can run these days. the odds are if they do set off for you inside ten metres, you are in serious trouble. 

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, MountainMilG said:

I legitimately am less scared of the idea of seeing game in Africa than I am doing some things in Australia.  I know, I'm a big baby.  Isn't it like 9 of the top 10 deadliest snakes in the world are there?  When Ken posted that pic on Instagram I almost burned my phone lol

please. people always get that wrong about the most poisonous snakes. 

we have all ten!!

the one in my pic was not poisonous. it would just crush and swallow you. 

[MountainMilG]

1 minute ago, Ken Gargett said:

please. people always get that wrong about the most poisonous snakes. 

we have all ten!!

the one in my pic was not poisonous. it would just crush and swallow you. 

I stand corrected! lol

Yes, the constrictor family are just cuddly .  I once found a small python in my garage, how it got out, and wandered into my garage in NH I'll never know.  Thankfully two feet isn't quite so bad and he got picked up by his owner and presumably went back to cuddling small rodents back at his house.

[Ken Gargett]

2 minutes ago, MountainMilG said:

I stand corrected! lol

Yes, the constrictor family are just cuddly .  I once found a small python in my garage, how it got out, and wandered into my garage in NH I'll never know.  Thankfully two feet isn't quite so bad and he got picked up by his owner and presumably went back to cuddling small rodents back at his house.

not sure how big carpet pythons are when born but i've never seen one that small. i suppose there must be some. 

[MountainMilG]

Biggest sharks, check.  Biggest snakes, check.  Biggest crocs?  Possible (not incl saltwater).  Best cigar smoking, alcohol drinking, friendliest folks?   Very checks

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, MountainMilG said:

Biggest sharks, check.  Biggest snakes, check.  Biggest crocs?  Possible (not incl saltwater).  Best cigar smoking, alcohol drinking, friendliest folks?   Very checks

don't think we have the biggest snakes, just the most venomous. 

our big (and dangerous) cros is the saltwater croc. i gather that at its biggest, it does top the nile. 

but please, where are the kudos for most poisonous jellyfish, most poisonous spiders, most poisonous mammals, most poisonous octopus...

[Astar20]

I about s$#! myself watching this I can't imagine how those guys feel after seeing that thing just barreling towards them! It seems like everything in Oz can give a man some nightmares! 

[El Presidente]

I loved fishing those waters. 

Shoot pigs in the morning and fish among the crocs in the afternoon 

[El Presidente]

ken is always ready for action 

[Ken Gargett]

Just now, El Presidente said:

ken is always ready for action 

the difference is, i caught fish that day.

pictures of guns? assume there will be self-banning.

and with the greatest respect, jungle jim, define fishing among the crocs. would that be sturdy boats with two blokes armed to shoot any poor reptile that happened to swim by?